Refrigerated Cold Storage Buildings in St. Louis, Missouri.

                                           
                                                   Cold Storage Buildings in St. Louis, Missouri.


Whenever a company starts looking for cold storage building(refrigerated warehouse building) in St. Louis, Missouri there seems to be some confusion as to whether or not the cold storage building is for sale or if the cold storage building is for lease. To understand why there is this confusion there needs to be an understanding of the different type of buildings that have freezer space and cooler warehouse space.

There are three different types of buildings that have freezer space and that have cooler space. They are called refrigerated warehouse buildings, refrigerated food processing plants, and cold storage buildings. Although all 3 buildings have floor space areas that have different temperatures, each building in itself have completely different types of businesses.

The cooler warehouse space is anywhere in the refrigerated or cold building where the temperature ranges between + 45° degrees Fahrenheit and +32° degrees Fahrenheit. The freezer warehouse space is anywhere in the building where the temperature ranges from 32° degrees Fahrenheit to as low as a -20° degrees Fahrenheit.

The first type of building that has freezer space or cooler space is a refrigerated warehouse building. These companies most of the times are referred to as "Foodservice Distributors" This is a building where refrigerated food products or refrigerated food ingredients are stored. These buildings usually are completely pallet racked. The refrigerated food products or the food ingredients that require refrigeration will be sold or distributed from these buildings. Most of the time these freezer and cooler warehouse buildings do not have floor drains.

The second type of building that has freezer space or has cooler space is a refrigerated food processing plant. These companies most of the time are referred to as "Refrigerated Food Processors". A refrigerated food processing plant will have areas of the floor space that will be cooler space with temperatures between +45° to as low as +32°. This will be the area where the food is prepared, or the food is manufactured, or where the food is packaged. Such items include meat products, poultry products, vegetable and fruit processing and precut operations as well as such food processing operations as ingredient manufacturing. These buildings may have their own freezer space or cooler space to store the refrigerated food products when they are finished. Most of the time the cooler floor space areas will have floor drains.

The third type building that has freezer space or has cooler space is occupied by a company that stores other company’s excess, seasonal or overflow inventory. These companies are called a "Refrigerated Warehouse Company". This is a business that will take on by a pallet by pallet bases other companies food products or food ingredients that require cooler storage or freezer storage. This creates a bailment situation between the two companies. Then the refrigerated warehouse company returns those refrigerated pallets or frozen pallets whenever the customer needs the refrigerated product back. The refrigerated warehouse company usually has two types of customers. They are Foodservice Distributors or Refrigerated Food Processors.

If you would like more information about buildings with cooler space in St. Louis or with freezer space in St. Louis ,Missouri contact Hawk Distribution Services, LLC (licensed real estate broker) at 314-994-0577 or e-mail Jim Cronin at J.Cronin@hawkds.com.

To view available buildings with freezer space or cooler space in the St. Louis, Missouri area go to www.hawkds.com